Nollywood actress Uche Ogbodo has disclosed that she had a Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) procedure done for her mental wellness rather than for ego.
The mother of three acknowledged in an interview with Saturday Beats that she had trouble with her body image after giving birth and that she had concluded that cosmetic surgery was the best course of action to help her feel more confident.
She also revealed that her husband supported her choice to have BBL surgery after he became aware of the difficulties she was having.
She said: “Well, about being naturally endowed, I don’t know how you mean because I didn’t have an hourglass shape. Growing up, I was very busty, but that’s not all beauty entails nowadays. Starting to have babies didn’t help matters for me. I didn’t like what I looked like when I looked back at myself after my third baby. So I felt like I owed it to myself to be happy and confident.
“I had to have work done on myself for me, not for any other person, but for my mental health to feel good, okay, and enough. I am enough competition for myself.
“In this country, I always find it a bit awkward that people are not honest and transparent most times, especially celebrities. You’re a role model, and then you lie to people who look up to you or who love you genuinely. Why are you a shining star when you cannot be a torchbearer for other people?
“I am somebody who likes to encourage women and help them build themselves up, using my life experiences to preach hope for women who don’t believe enough in themselves.
“So many people just go and disappear, and they come out with a banging body. They look like that’s how they were born. That’s not how you were born. You worked on your body. So why are you now hiding the fact that you worked on yourself?”
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